Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-10-31
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Especial GoRRssPoNDENcE OF rHE MovrroR.l

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Especial ooRREsPoNDENoE OF rHE MONITOR
washington. Oct. 25th.
The other morning when the presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland quietly ar
rived from their long tour, they look
ed as bright and fresh as if thew had
only returned from a drive to Oak
View, instead of having been absent
three weeks, travelled 1900 miles
through seventeen states, and met
millions of American citizens, who
i, gladly greeted their distinguished
guests with a continuous round Of
festivities. Both the president and
his wife expressed themselves us de-
lighted with their travels and charm
ed with the cOrdialitv and hospitality
of their reception, as well as greatly
pleased at the indications of the sub
stantial evidences of the progress and
prosperity of the great and growing
region through which they passed.
No doubt the trip will be of material
benefit to both the people and the
| president.
The departments clerks are again
in what may be aptlv termed a state
of mind over the resumption of the
civil service examinations, which be-
gan in the war department last sum
mer and were suspended temporarily
on account of the heat. Ultimately
all the clerks will have to submit to
the test, whether there be vacancies
or not. Many of the unfOrtunates, in
their anxiety and desperation are
nightly bordering their old text
books, while others have obtained pri-
vate teachers.
The supreme court of the United
States is at present the center of pop
ular interest at the capital, as well as
elsewhere, on account of a number of
important cases to be tried. among
which | may mention that of the Chi
cagO anarchists, to be heard next
Thursday, and the prohibition cases
from Kansas, Iowa and Georgia, to
be decided later. The adjudication
of the last named cases will deter
mine the constitutionality of state
prohibitoIy legislation, and will, be-
sides, involve millions of dollars, for
in the event that the decision is adj
verse to such enactments, the states
will be made pecuniarily responsible
for breaking up the liquor traffic with
out compensation to the dealers.
Thus it can be readily perceived that
an immense responsibility rests on
our highest courts in this class Of
cases.
Last week the representatives of
most of the agricultural colleges and
agricultural experiment stations in
the United States, had meeting in
this city for the purpose of inter
changing views, with the hope of adj
vancing the weighty interests com
mitted to their charge, the cOnven-
ton having assembled under the aus
pieces of congress. The deliberations
of this body of educated farmers,
both practical and theoretical, were
of such character as to give prom
Use of the most fiattering and salts
factory results.
AS | may have remarked before,
Washington is a great place for ma
tional conventions, and it may at no |
distant day be designated as the city |
OF conventions as well as of ''magnif- |
cent distances" The project to have /
the national democratic convention 1
meet here in 1888, continues to grow |
in popular favor, and it is probable |
that great and united endeavor will |
be put forth to that end. There are |
many who believe that properly di-
rected efforts will secure for the cap
ital both the national conventions Of
the two great political parties.
l see that the national republican
committee is called to meet in this
city on December Sth next
A scientific experiment is being
made in the reptile department of the
Smithsonian Institution that may re-
suit in much benefit to humanity
it is the injection of the virus of the
rattlesnake into dogs and pigeons,
with the view of discovering an anti
dote to that deadly poison.
Washington is not free from labor
troubles, as the Knights of Labor
here are thoroughly organized and
assert themselves in a vigorous and
aggressive manner. In a few days
there will be a great demonstration,
it being the purpose to parade TO-
600 men as an earnest protest against
the verdict of the Washington Judge
who pronounced boycott a common
The capital is becoming notorious
for bloody murders. generally occur
ring on Saturday nights, and mostly
being the work of colored roughs.
OF the eight men now confined in the
district jail on the charge of murder,
seven are negroes.
The destruction of much property
is reported on the upper lakes during
the gale and storm on Sunday. There
were a number of wracks also some |